abduce

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English

Etymology

(1530's) From Latin abdūcō (“lead away”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + dūcō (“lead”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əb.ˈdjuːs/, (colloquial) /əb.ˈdʒuːs/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /æb.ˈdus/, /æb.ˈdjus/, /əb.ˈdus/, /əb.ˈdjus/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Verb

abduce (third-person singular simple present abduces, present participle abducing, simple past and past participle abduced)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sir T. Browne, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate.
  2. (transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abduce”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Galician

Verb

abduce

  1. inflection of abducir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

abduce

  1. third-person singular present indicative of abdurre

Latin

Verb

abdūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of abdūcō

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /abˈduθe/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /abˈduse/
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -uθe
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -use
  • Syllabification: ab‧du‧ce

Verb

abduce

  1. inflection of abducir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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